I'd also inquire as to other siblings and attempt to get assignments from them, too.

I found the obituary saying they had a daughter in Texas and siblings in the local area.

I have 1 year to pull the trigger on a property as I want my sibling to be able to live where she can work, learn to manage R/E,  be in a location that is in close proximity to the university where she plans on attending her 3rd and 4th years of higher eucation.

What if your have the successor of the estate wanting to sell the property but the squatters cant be removed by the police because they were invited by the successor's sibling, which then turns this into a civil matter. 

You can find sibling's names and then search for them.

However, as I said above, personally I don't think I'd want the headache of a long distance rehab/rental with a sibling I might not work well with for dubious returns that will be minimal at best.  

Three siblings owned the family farm as "Joint Tenants with the Right of Survivorship". 

Kinda funny at closing to watch 3 sibling beneficiaries fight over $20k in proceeds like its several million.4.

My father has decided to gift his rental to myself & 2 siblings.

My siblings and buddy are very happy with the results so far.